Peiming machine foe kindling



(No Model.)

M. HETT. PRIMING MACHINE FOR KINDLING.FIRES. No. 445,261.

Patented Ja11.2'7,1891.

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PRlMlNG-MACHINE FOR KlNDLlNG FlRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,261, dated January27, 1 891.

Applieationfiled August 25, 1890.

To (0Z5 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHEL IIETT, a subject of the King of Prussia andEmperor of Germany, and a resident of Mi'instereifel, in the Province ofthe Rhine, German Empire, have invented a new and useful Fuse orPriming-ltlachine t'or Kindling Fuels, of Which the following is a clearand exact specification.

M y invention relates to an apparatus in which a long horizontal flameof very high temperature is produced by dispersing petroleum, spirits,or the like by means of a continual jet of air, and blowing thiscombustible mixture through a small auxiliary flame. I attain thisobject by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich similar letters denote similar parts throughout thedifferentviews.

Figure l is a longitudinal section taken on the linel 2. Fig. 2 is a topview of the entire apparatus.

The liquid to be dispersed is contained in the reservoir a, closed bythe cover m, which is provided with a small hole n for allowing" air toenter the reservoir. The liquid is led to the point of dispersing bythetube I), attached to the reservoir to and bent at its extremity, soas to form an upwardly-extending tip 0. A second tube is secured totube 1) and extends over the end of Z), bearing at its extremity a smallcase (Z, filled with sponge and closed by a sieve of wire-gauze. Thesponge in the case (l is soaked with the liquid contained in thereservoir a.

The jet of air necessary forcarrying the apparatus into effectisgenerated by two rubber balls e and f, one of which e is made of thinand smooth rubber, and the other fof thick and tough rubber. Both rubberballs are provided with valves 9 and 71, acting in such a manner thatair may enter the balls through the short tubes 1' and 71:. The ball 6serves for forcing air into the ball f, from which the air is blownthrough tube Zin a constant and powerful jet. The tube 1, crossing thereservoir a, terminates shortly before the tip 0 of tube Z1, and inforcing air through tube Z and above the tip 0 the liquid is dischargedat 0 and borne along with and by the jet of air in a finelydispersedstate.

Theapparatus works as follows: The sponge Serial No. 363.068. (N0model.)

soaked with spirits and contained in the small case (1 is ignited, thusforming" the auxiliary flame. The mixture of air and dispersed spiritsis compelled to pass that flame, being ignited here and forming a longhorizontal flame of enormous heat, which may be directed against thefuel to be kindled. In case petroleum is to be used for the apparatus,it has been found of greater advantage to blow a jet of air not mixedwith the liquid petroleum through the auxiliary flame. The tube 0 maybeprovided near its tip with a faucet, closed when using petroleum andopened when using spirits.

The apparatus as described above is preferably employed for kindling;the fuel of hearths and stoves.

For kindling the fuel of steam-boilers or the like, two modifications oflarger dimensions, described hereinafter, have been c011- structed, oneof those modificationsintended for petroleum, the other for spirits.

That modification of the apparatus intended for petroleum is constructedas follows: The tube 1, crossing the reservoir a and furnished with airfrom any blowing-machinc, is of larger diameter than generally used. Theend of the tube is divided into several short tubes of smaller diameter,all these short tubes beingin the samehorizontal plane. The case (1,containing the sponge z' for the auxiliary flame, is made so broad as toserve for the whole number of the shorttubes at the same time, and thetube 0, furnishing the sponge with petroleum, is connected directly withthe reservoir (1, the latter notbeing' provided with a tube 1).

The modification of the apparatus intended for spirits is constructed asfollows: The tube Z, crossing the reservoir, is of as large a diameter,as explained in the first modification, and also divided into a certainnumber of short and smaller tubes. A tube 7) directly in connection withthe reservoir (L is divided into as many small tubes as the tube 7, andthey are provided with tips in the same manner as described above. Thecase (7, with its tube 0, is secured to the tube 1) in the same way asexplained in the description of Fig. 1, and the manner of working theapparatus is also similar to that of Fig. 1.

In both modifications abroad and long flame of enormous heat isproduced, which is very much adapted for the rapid kindling of greatquantities of fuel.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, What I desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In afuse orpriming-machine for-kindling fuels, the reservoir a, with the tube l andthe cover on, in combination with a rubber ball f,

. having the valve h and attached to the reservoir by the tube It, therubber ball f connected by the tubet' with a second rubber ball e,having the valve g, for the purpose as described.

2. In afnse or pri thing-machine for kindling fuels, the reservoir a,with the tube 1, and providedwith the tube Z), having theupwardlyextending tip 0, and the parallel tube 0, the latter furnishedwith a case d, filled with sponge or the like and closed by a sieve ofWire-gauze, for the purpose as described.

3. In a fuse orpriming-machine, the reser voir a, with the tube Z, thelatter terminating at one side in the rubber ball f and atthe othershortly before the tip 0 of tube 19, for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

MARTIN MEISGERO, GUSTAVE OELRICHS

